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Household Book of Poetry, collected and edited by Charles A. Dana. D. Appleton Co., 1875. Leather-bound. Illustrated. 11 black and white engravings. Eleventh edition. 816 gilt-edged pages. Gorgeous tooled leather covers with gilt lettering. Previous owner's name in pen on front end page. Two small pen marks on preface. Tiny hole on last page. Interior of book is in remarkable condition. Poetry by Blake, Browning, Longfellow, Wordsworth and many more. Scarce.

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